'Chinese' Staircases Case Study: Bibliography

‘Chinese’ Staircases Case Study: Bibliography

Bibliography Ayres, J. Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500 – 1850 (New Haven, Connecticut; London: Yale University Press, 2003) Barnwell, R. and Suggett, R. Y…

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'Chinese' Staircase Case Study: Conclusion

‘Chinese’ Staircase Case Study: Conclusion

Conclusion: The East India Company and ‘Chinese’ Staircases Each of the unique staircases examined in this case study appears in a wealthy household in north-west…

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'Chinese' Staircase Case Study: The 'China Craze'

‘Chinese’ Staircase Case Study: The ‘China Craze’

The ‘China Craze’ From the start of this case study the staircases under consideration have been identified as having a ‘Chinese’ or ‘Chinese Chippendale’ design….

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'Chinese' Staircases Case Study: A Local Style

‘Chinese’ Staircases Case Study: A Local Style

A Local Style If we accept the observations and conclusions of the Royal Commission’s field investigators then all three of these staircases were installed in…

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'Chinese' Staircases Case Study: Three Examples

‘Chinese’ Staircases Case Study: Three Examples

Three Examples This section of the case study focuses on three ‘Chinese’ staircases in north-west Wales: Tan-yr-Allt in Bangor, Caernarvonshire; Bishopsgate House in Beaumaris, Anglesey;…

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'Chinese' Staircases in North-West Wales Case Study

‘Chinese’ Staircases in North-West Wales Case Study

  Partly After the Chinese Manner: ‘Chinese’ Staircases in North-West Wales By Rachael Barnwell Please note that this case study was first published on blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah…

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Shugborough Case Study: The Mansion House

Shugborough Case Study: The Mansion House

The most significant, and in many respects disastrous, event in Shugborough’s nineteenth-century history was the great sale of 1842, held to repay the considerable debts…

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Aske Hall Case Study: India Goods and the Importance of Kerse

Aske Hall Case Study: India Goods and the Importance of Kerse

India Goods & The Importance of Kerse Yet where in this story of interior decoration are the exotic Asian goods that exist at Aske Hall…

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Aske Hall Case Study: Dundas and the Nabob Interior

Aske Hall Case Study: Dundas and the Nabob Interior

Dundas and The Nabob Interior If one of the attributes of a nabob was to live with pretention and ostentation, then the furnishing of the…

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